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Digital TV Antenna
Direction Mount and
Pointer
The project will allow you to
remotely turn your digital TV
antenna to maximize your TV
channel reception and channel
strength.

May 17, 2019•9123 views•2 respects

cut the cord smart appliances

communication

Components and supplies

42BYGHM809 Bi-
1
polar stepper motor

20VAC to 8-25VDC
1
Power adapter

M3-0.5 x 6 mm
1
Machine screws

Stepper motor driver

1
board A4988

1 0.22 uF Capacitor

1 Wire-wrap terminal

1 5mm Flange Shaft

HM-10 Bluetooth
1
Module

1 M3-0.5 Hex nuts

1 M3 Standoffs

1 Lazy Susan

Digital TV Antenna
1
(Indoor or Small…
Outdoor)

LM340T-12 Voltage
1
regulator

LM7805 Voltage
1
regulator

DIP Component
1
carrier for wire-…
wrapping terminal

1 Arduino UNO

2 0.1 uF Capacitor

1 30 gauge wire

1 2k ohm resistor

M3-0.5 x 12 mm
1
Machine screws

Perforated circuit
1
board without…
copper cladding

1 Connection wires

1 1K ohm resistor

Tools and machines

1 Solder

1 Dremel

1 Soldering Iron

1 USB cable

1 M3 drill bits

Cell phone or tablet

1
with Bluetooth…
capability

1 Computer

Small Phillips
1
screwdriver

1 Wire-wrap tool

Apps and platforms

Serial Bluetooth
1
Terminal

1 Arduino IDE

Project description

See How It Works

See video demonstration below on how it

works.

DIY - Digital TV Antenna…

Project Description

Most digital TV antennas are uni-

directional. What this means is that to get
the best reception, you must point most
digital antennas in the direction of the
television station broadcast antenna. To
assist the public, the Federal
Communications Commission(FCC) and a
number of other websites have composed
web based tools that allow viewers to enter
their address into an online form. Based
on the information entered, the website
returns the stations that should be
accessible from that location, as well as the
direction that a uni-directional antenna
should be turned to in order to get the
best reception. According to where you
live, this may require you to point your
digital antenna in a number of different
directions in any given day.

The project will eliminate the need to

manually turn your antenna to maximize
your TV channel reception and channel
strength. Once you have completed this
project, you will need to enter the channels
and directions that you obtain from the
FCC website and similar websites

(example: antennaweb, org) into the

code. Upload the code to the device. After

that is done, antenna direction can be
changed via Bluetooth capable cell phones
and tablets without leaving the comfort of
your couch or bed. Below are a few
additional pictures of my final antenna
mount with the antenna on it.

Click *here for full step-by-step design

instructions. * The link takes you to my

page that includes both videos and written

step-by-step instructions as well as design
decisions, construction approaches, errors
to avoid and testing in multiple stages of
development. The page that the link leads
to also includes modifications made since
the project was posted here.

Alternatively you may watch just the full

video construction on my YouTube page

.

Code

DTV Antenna arduino

Direction Finder and

Pointer - Final Code
This code/sketch makes DTV
transmitter antenna finding easy. This
code drives a bipolar stepper motor to
point a DTV antenna towards a DTV
transmitter antenna locations based on
a premade channel list. A list of
channels in the United States and
corresponding angles relative to your
location can be found on a number of
sites such as AntennaWeb and the on
the FCC website. The stepper motor
that turns the antenna is connected to
the Arduino/Genuino board via a A4988
motor driver that is connected to pins
3-5 of the Arduino/Genuin.
Communication with the Arduino can
be done via an HM-10 Bluetooth board.
A Bluetooth Terminal application will be
needed to communicate with the HM-
10 Bluetooth board. When a 0 is
entered at the Bluetooth Terminal
app's prompt, the Arduino/Genuino
decrements through the list of channels
in the myChannelNum[] array. When a
1 is entered in the Bluetooth Terminal
app's prompt, the Arduino/Genuino
increment through channels listed in
the same array via. Based on the
channel selected from the list, the
motor will turn your antenna to the
corresponding angle in the
myChannelDegAngle[] array.

1 /*
2 File/Sketch Name:
DTV-Antenna-Direction-Finder
3
4 Version No.: v1.0 Created 14
April, 2019
5
6 Original Author: Clyde A.
Lettsome, PhD, PE, MEM
7
8 Description: This code/sketch
makes DTV transmitter antenna
finding easy. This code drives a
bipolar stepper motor to point a
DTV antenna towards a DTV
transmitter antenna
9 locations based on a premade
channel list. A list of

DTV Antenna arduino

Direction Finder and

Pointer - Final Code
This code/sketch makes DTV
transmitter antenna finding easy. This
code drives a bipolar stepper motor to
point a DTV antenna towards a DTV
transmitter antenna locations based on
a premade channel list. A list of
channels in the United States and
corresponding angles relative to your
location can be found on a number of
sites such as AntennaWeb and the on
the FCC website. The stepper motor
that turns the antenna is connected to
the Arduino/Genuino board via a A4988
motor driver that is connected to pins
3-5 of the Arduino/Genuin.
Communication with the Arduino can
be done via an HM-10 Bluetooth board.
A Bluetooth Terminal application will be
needed to communicate with the HM-
10 Bluetooth board. When a 0 is
entered at the Bluetooth Terminal
app's prompt, the Arduino/Genuino
decrements through the list of channels
in the myChannelNum[] array. When a
1 is entered in the Bluetooth Terminal
app's prompt, the Arduino/Genuino
increment through channels listed in
the same array via. Based on the
channel selected from the list, the
motor will turn your antenna to the
corresponding angle in the
myChannelDegAngle[] array.

1 /*
2 File/Sketch Name:
DTV-Antenna-Direction-Finder
3
4 Version
5 No.: v1.0 Created 14 April,
2019
6
7 Original Author: Clyde A.
Lettsome, PhD,
8 PE, MEM
9
10 Description: This code/sketch
makes DTV transmitter antenna
finding
11 easy. This code drives a
bipolar stepper motor to point a
DTV antenna towards a

Downloadable files

Detail Power Supply Design

Detail Power Supply Desig

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Full Circuit Design

Full Circuit Design

Full Circuit Design

Full Circuit Design

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matthewlittleunor3
4 months ago

Cool

matthewlittleunor3
4 years ago

Cool

Anonymous user
4 years ago

Great project Calettso! Such

informative and helpful blog.
Thanks for sharing.
https://www.ersantenna.com/

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